958 Illustrator on the iPad: Gradients and repeats

- Hey gang. This is Deke McClelland. … Welcome to Deke's Techniques! … Today marks another day inside Illustrator on the iPad. … Yes, this makes three weeks devoted to an app … specifically designed for a narrow audience, … but the same could be said … for the original 1987 Illustrator 1.0 for the Mac. … And like Illustrator on the Mac, … Illustrator on the iPad warrants our attention. … Today, we'll look at two remarkable features. … One that only recently appeared in Illustrator desktop … on the Mac and the PC, that is, … and one that, as I record this, … Illustrator desktop doesn't yet support. … The first, freeform gradients … let you position spots of color anywhere you like … and watch them blend magically and sometimes mysteriously … into their neighbors. … The second, the repeat options allow you to mirror … and rotate objects entirely dynamically. … They behave somewhat … like Illustrator desktop's dynamic transform effect, … except that instead of dialing in numbers, … you drag intuitive controls. …